| 释义 |
globulin|ˈglɒbjʊlɪn|
Also -ine.
[f. globule + -in, -ine.]
1. Bot. A name for starch-granules and chlorophyll-granules. ? Obs.
1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 112 The starch-like granules called Globuline by Turpin.
2. A proteid found in blood, the crystalline lens, and other structures; one of the two constituents of hæmoglobin, the other being hæmatin; called also crystallin.
1845G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. I. 88 In the analysis of the blood, the principal component parts, the water, albumen, hæmatin, globulin and fibrin, are usually determined. 1859Fownes' Chem. 548 Globulin exists in concentrated solution in the crystalline lens, and in the blood-globules. 1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. vi. 134 How far globulin would be nutritious to animals is not known.
b. pl. General name of a class of proteids insoluble in water, of which globulin is the type.
1873C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 27 All the albuminoids are remarkable for their instability..the globulins are the least..stable of the whole group. |